Hope College to present alumni awards

The Hope College Alumni Association will honor two graduates with Young Alumni Awards at 6 p.m. March 27.

The association is recognizing Maxine Gray of Seattle, a 2004 graduate, and Matt Scogin of New York City, a 2002 graduate. The awards will be presented during a dinner at the college’s Haworth Inn and Conference Center, 225 College Ave.

Gray is the project manager within the global employer and brand channels team at Starbucks Coffee Company in Seattle. Prior to her current position, she was the candidate experience and social media program manager within the talent acquisition team at Herman Miller, Inc. and worked at Hope College’s Office of Multicultural Education as a program coordinator.

Scogin is the senior vice president, chief of staff and a member of the senior executive team at the New York Stock Exchange. He previously worked at Wachovia Bank as a chief of staff and senior adviser to the CEO. Scogin occupied several senior roles in government and was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as the senior adviser for domestic finance in the U.S. Treasury Department.

The Young Alumni Award was established to honor the talents and contributions that young alumni have made to their professions, their communities and to the college. Criteria for the award includes having been a member of the Alumni Association for 15 or fewer years; notable prominence through professional endeavor, research, volunteerism or involvement with the local or global community or the college; and demonstrating significant initiative by starting innovative service projects, research, businesses or other original enterprises.